| Two city rugby on 11:05 - Aug 10 with 1317 views | union_jack |
I’m not a Scarlets supporter but to eliminate a presence at the top level in what is a very enthusiastic area steeped with history is mind blowing. Their supporters are not going to support a Swansea based team purely on grounds of principle.
Likewise, to dissolve the Ospreys or a Swansea based club is equally senseless. No Swansea based supporter will go to Parc y Scarlets for a ‘home’ game. And as a large city, it wouldn’t make sense for one of the two sides to be based here.
The WRU have royally effed up and are now having to make some very unpopular decisions.
They should be going all out to be part of an Anglo Welsh league though why the well supported, successful English clubs would want the Welsh sides is open to debate. I do believe it would raise attendance and interest to all sides if it were to happen though. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 13:38 - Aug 10 with 1226 views | onehunglow |
| Two city rugby on 11:05 - Aug 10 by union_jack |
I’m not a Scarlets supporter but to eliminate a presence at the top level in what is a very enthusiastic area steeped with history is mind blowing. Their supporters are not going to support a Swansea based team purely on grounds of principle.
Likewise, to dissolve the Ospreys or a Swansea based club is equally senseless. No Swansea based supporter will go to Parc y Scarlets for a ‘home’ game. And as a large city, it wouldn’t make sense for one of the two sides to be based here.
The WRU have royally effed up and are now having to make some very unpopular decisions.
They should be going all out to be part of an Anglo Welsh league though why the well supported, successful English clubs would want the Welsh sides is open to debate. I do believe it would raise attendance and interest to all sides if it were to happen though. |
When I say us Welsh are insular , parochial and squabbling prone .... get my drift
A bridge apart that's all |  |
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| Two city rugby on 15:01 - Aug 10 with 1182 views | Dr_Winston |
Despite the Ospreys being more successful the city of Swansea doesn't seem all that interested in them. Bigger crowds and more interest in Llanelli. From a business standpoint it's the obvious call. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 16:26 - Aug 10 with 1146 views | union_jack |
| Two city rugby on 15:01 - Aug 10 by Dr_Winston |
Despite the Ospreys being more successful the city of Swansea doesn't seem all that interested in them. Bigger crowds and more interest in Llanelli. From a business standpoint it's the obvious call. |
Sadly for Swansea, this may be instrumental in the final decision. | |
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| Two city rugby on 16:33 - Aug 10 with 1129 views | Luther27 |
| Two city rugby on 16:26 - Aug 10 by union_jack |
Sadly for Swansea, this may be instrumental in the final decision. |
Makes perfect sense to the intellectually challenged WRU to scrap probably the most successful club since the regions were formed. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 16:40 - Aug 10 with 1108 views | onehunglow |
| Two city rugby on 16:33 - Aug 10 by Luther27 |
Makes perfect sense to the intellectually challenged WRU to scrap probably the most successful club since the regions were formed. |
Common sense would see the two largest cities draw fans from respective regions
Swansea has a sizeable region and should have by now a ground , fit for the purpose of pro rugby
Interest has been lacking because of lack of success and trophies
No matter what some egg haters think, rugby is an integral part of Welsh sport
It's sadness itself to see rugby fans look down of football fans and football fans see rugby as either for the posh boys or daffodil hat wearers on the piss
Swansea has a place in history for Rugby successes
To lose the game would be very upsetting to me anyway | |
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| Two city rugby on 16:50 - Aug 10 with 1095 views | union_jack |
| Two city rugby on 16:40 - Aug 10 by onehunglow |
Common sense would see the two largest cities draw fans from respective regions
Swansea has a sizeable region and should have by now a ground , fit for the purpose of pro rugby
Interest has been lacking because of lack of success and trophies
No matter what some egg haters think, rugby is an integral part of Welsh sport
It's sadness itself to see rugby fans look down of football fans and football fans see rugby as either for the posh boys or daffodil hat wearers on the piss
Swansea has a place in history for Rugby successes
To lose the game would be very upsetting to me anyway |
It was bad enough trying to get Swansea and Neath together as a region. Asking the Scarlet fans to support a Swansea based outfit just isn’t going to happen. | |
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| Two city rugby on 16:51 - Aug 10 with 1088 views | union_jack |
| Two city rugby on 16:33 - Aug 10 by Luther27 |
Makes perfect sense to the intellectually challenged WRU to scrap probably the most successful club since the regions were formed. |
So it will either be the best supported or the most successful. Hard choice to make. | |
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| Two city rugby on 17:04 - Aug 10 with 1075 views | jack247 |
| Two city rugby on 16:40 - Aug 10 by onehunglow |
Common sense would see the two largest cities draw fans from respective regions
Swansea has a sizeable region and should have by now a ground , fit for the purpose of pro rugby
Interest has been lacking because of lack of success and trophies
No matter what some egg haters think, rugby is an integral part of Welsh sport
It's sadness itself to see rugby fans look down of football fans and football fans see rugby as either for the posh boys or daffodil hat wearers on the piss
Swansea has a place in history for Rugby successes
To lose the game would be very upsetting to me anyway |
Things have changed a lot since you lived here. Swans were getting bigger crowds than the Ospreys when they had Gavin Henson, Shane Williams, James Hook etc, most of the grand slam winning Wales team and were going deep in the rugby equivalent of the Champions league. We were in league one playing Yeovil and Southend.
People vote with their feet every time there is a rugby game on at any level excluding international.
It’s not nice and I’d far rather us be a big football and rugby city/country, but it’s reality. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:06 - Aug 10 with 1062 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 16:51 - Aug 10 by union_jack |
So it will either be the best supported or the most successful. Hard choice to make. |
Or the region that has produced the most international players. Ospreys. |  | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:10 - Aug 10 with 1048 views | Luther27 |
| Two city rugby on 16:51 - Aug 10 by union_jack |
So it will either be the best supported or the most successful. Hard choice to make. |
Maybe changing the fixture list to Saturday games would help. Older fans have drifted away and younger fans aren’t interested no matter how many cheap tickets you offer them it seems.
TBH I’m fed up with hearing different incentives to encourage younger fans…and not just rugby…how about showing loyal supporters a bit of appreciation. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:15 - Aug 10 with 1037 views | Dr_Winston |
| Two city rugby on 16:50 - Aug 10 by union_jack |
It was bad enough trying to get Swansea and Neath together as a region. Asking the Scarlet fans to support a Swansea based outfit just isn’t going to happen. |
Indeed, so they have to go where the support is. Despite being by far the bigger urban area, there is demonstrably less interest in Rugby in Swansea than there is in Llanelli. | |
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| Two city rugby on 17:22 - Aug 10 with 1020 views | union_jack |
| Two city rugby on 17:15 - Aug 10 by Dr_Winston |
Indeed, so they have to go where the support is. Despite being by far the bigger urban area, there is demonstrably less interest in Rugby in Swansea than there is in Llanelli. |
Harsh but true. | |
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| Two city rugby on 17:26 - Aug 10 with 1002 views | Whiterockin |
Next season you can't buy a match or season ticket for the Ospreys, but the Scarlets you can. It makes our commercial department look brilliant. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:52 - Aug 10 with 952 views | Togg |
| Two city rugby on 15:01 - Aug 10 by Dr_Winston |
Despite the Ospreys being more successful the city of Swansea doesn't seem all that interested in them. Bigger crowds and more interest in Llanelli. From a business standpoint it's the obvious call. |
Remember The Blues crowds at CCS. Bigger since they returned to their spiritual home. Don't forget many old All Whites fans and Neath fans never took to the Ospreys. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:54 - Aug 10 with 947 views | onehunglow |
| Two city rugby on 17:04 - Aug 10 by jack247 |
Things have changed a lot since you lived here. Swans were getting bigger crowds than the Ospreys when they had Gavin Henson, Shane Williams, James Hook etc, most of the grand slam winning Wales team and were going deep in the rugby equivalent of the Champions league. We were in league one playing Yeovil and Southend.
People vote with their feet every time there is a rugby game on at any level excluding international.
It’s not nice and I’d far rather us be a big football and rugby city/country, but it’s reality. |
Decent
I would have thought European cup success would have drawn them on
That said , biggest issue is tribalism
As is obvious | |
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| Two city rugby on 17:58 - Aug 10 with 944 views | Togg |
Which ever way you look at it, dropping even one region will alienate another percentage of fans. Look at the Rhondda a nd Gwent Valleys. No interest in the Cardiff or Newport joke regions. Get rid of the Ospreys Port Talbot, Neath Bridgend Swansea Valle, parts of West Wales will be lost. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:59 - Aug 10 with 937 views | onehunglow |
| Two city rugby on 17:58 - Aug 10 by Togg |
Which ever way you look at it, dropping even one region will alienate another percentage of fans. Look at the Rhondda a nd Gwent Valleys. No interest in the Cardiff or Newport joke regions. Get rid of the Ospreys Port Talbot, Neath Bridgend Swansea Valle, parts of West Wales will be lost. |
It's a mess Togg
Frankly I've no idea what the answer is but for anti eggets ridding ourselves of rugby in Eales won't really help " soccer" | |
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| Two city rugby on 18:42 - Aug 10 with 893 views | Dr_Winston |
| Two city rugby on 17:52 - Aug 10 by Togg |
Remember The Blues crowds at CCS. Bigger since they returned to their spiritual home. Don't forget many old All Whites fans and Neath fans never took to the Ospreys. |
Which is another strike against keeping the Ospreys. | |
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| Two city rugby on 20:00 - Aug 10 with 830 views | AguycalledJack |
Correct me if I'm wrong ( not a rugby fan) but since the inception of the regions aren't the ospreys and the dragons the only true regions as they were originally intended?
From memory cardiff and scarlets ( who in reality are still just llanelli) stuck their 2 fingers up to becoming true regions. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 14:57 - Aug 11 with 648 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Two city rugby on 20:00 - Aug 10 by AguycalledJack |
Correct me if I'm wrong ( not a rugby fan) but since the inception of the regions aren't the ospreys and the dragons the only true regions as they were originally intended?
From memory cardiff and scarlets ( who in reality are still just llanelli) stuck their 2 fingers up to becoming true regions. |
Welsh rugby fans are to blame. They did not show up in big to see the best teams in Europe Leinster and Munster but wil turn up in big numbers to play Bath and Gloucester and any English team really. It is just the way it is.
Llanelli has too small a population. They should play some games in Llanelli but most at Swansea. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 15:36 - Aug 11 with 613 views | pencoedjack |
I know very little about rugby but its clear that those who were put into their roles to click diversity boxes have no idea what they are doing.
I'd bet good money Wales will end up with the wooden spoon in 2026 & a few years after that.
As Warren Gatland recently commented, "I think there was a period where we became so woke and we were so afraid of what we said." The focus on meeting diversity targets risks overshadowing the core goals of Welsh rugby: Developing talent and delivering competitive teams on the pitch.
I doubt anyone on here knows better than Gatland. |  | | |
| Two city rugby on 16:16 - Aug 11 with 564 views | Dr_Winston |
I've said in the past that the success of the Welsh football teams, both club and National over the last 10-15 years, in addition to the growth of the Premier League, has put a significant dent in the amount of people interested in Rugby on a day to day basis, certainly amongst the younger generations.
It's not a coincidence that the flow of younger players has started to stutter. Those who would be breaking through now would have been kids in the 2010's and easily attracted towards football instead. The WRU are left with slender pickings.
It's going to take a lot to attract them back, and a losing National Team playing boring modern Rugby is probably not going to do it. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Two city rugby on 16:17 - Aug 11 with 564 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 15:36 - Aug 11 by pencoedjack |
I know very little about rugby but its clear that those who were put into their roles to click diversity boxes have no idea what they are doing.
I'd bet good money Wales will end up with the wooden spoon in 2026 & a few years after that.
As Warren Gatland recently commented, "I think there was a period where we became so woke and we were so afraid of what we said." The focus on meeting diversity targets risks overshadowing the core goals of Welsh rugby: Developing talent and delivering competitive teams on the pitch.
I doubt anyone on here knows better than Gatland. |
I would imagine that the WRU has close ties with the Senedd. As someone who has dealt with the Senedd on numerous occasions they have ridiculously tight rules regarding diversity and the Welsh language, particularly with grants and funding. The WRU has/had a long term loan from the Senedd, was this what Gatland was talking about. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:45 - Aug 11 with 478 views | max936 |
As usual the WRU have still not learnt anything, well on their way to yet another calamity by ignoring the fans and the history of the clubs in wales, crowds are low now income streaming are at an all time low and now we got the WRU making things even worse.
You really couldn't make it up, it's another shocking shitshow. |  |
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